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African boy painted in white for initiation ceremony, Graskop, South Africa, ca. 1930

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Title: African boy painted in white for initiation ceremony, Graskop, South Africa, ca. 1930
Creator: Jaques, Alexandre Auguste
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1930
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description: "Graskop. Garçon de l'école d'initiation" ("Graskop. Boy of the initiation school") Photograph of the white painted torso of an African boy. The painting was made for an initiation ceremony.
Photographie d'un garçon africain dont le torse a été peint en blanc pour une cérémonie d'initiation.
Type: image
Format: glass photonegatives, b&w
4.5 x 6.4 cm.
Identifier: impa-m66140 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-007
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m66140
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-007.jpg
Subject: Customs and traditions
Initiation rites
Indigenous populations
Partial views
Time Period: circa 1930
Place: Africa
Graskop
South Africa
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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